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This discography documents all recordings made by this pioneering and influential record label which was active in many areas - popular, jazz, blues, country, and ethnic music during a formative and dynamic period in America's cultural history just before and during the 1920s on into the early 1930s. All known 78rpm record releases in the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, and Japan are detailed. Also included is an essay on the history of the various corporate entities that produced the OKeh label during its initial period of operation with special emphasis on the activities of the record company in making many field recordings in locations throughout the United States and Hawaii.
Laird and Rust's book is primarily comprised of an extensive bibliography and a comprehensive artist index. This publication is the definitive volume on a legendary and influential record company which played a vital part in recording many great artists including some who are still recognized as some of the finest exponents of their particular musical styles.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowlegements
Bibliography
Label Abbreviations
User's Guide
Historical Survey
Discography
Index of Artists
About the author
ROSS LAIRD has worked as a librarian and researcher, and has worked in the media in Australia and Hong Kong. He is currently a sound archivist at the Australian National Screen and Sound Archive in Canberra. He is the author of
Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934 (Greenwood, 1995) and
Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933 (Greenwood, 1996).
